Coherent deglacial changes in western Atlantic Ocean circulation

HC Ng, LF Robinson, JF McManus… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Abrupt climate changes in the past have been attributed to variations in Atlantic Meridional
Overturning Circulation (AMOC) strength. However, the exact timing and magnitude of past …

Synchronous centennial abrupt events in the ocean and atmosphere during the last deglaciation

T Chen, LF Robinson, A Burke, J Southon, P Spooner… - Science, 2015 - science.org
Antarctic ice-core data reveal that the atmosphere experienced abrupt centennial increases
in CO2 concentration during the last deglaciation (~ 18 thousand to 11 thousand years ago) …

Barium isotopes reveal role of ocean circulation on barium cycling in the Atlantic

SL Bates, KR Hendry, HV Pryer, CW Kinsley… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2017 - Elsevier
We diagnose the relative influences of local-scale biogeochemical cycling and regional-
scale ocean circulation on Atlantic barium cycling by analysing four new depth profiles of …

Clumped isotope composition of cold-water corals: A role for vital effects?

PT Spooner, W Guo, LF Robinson… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2016 - Elsevier
The carbonate clumped isotope thermometer is a promising tool for determining past ocean
temperatures. It is based on the temperature dependence of rare isotopes 'clum**'into the …

Barium isotopes in cold-water corals

F Hemsing, YT Hsieh, L Bridgestock… - Earth and Planetary …, 2018 - Elsevier
Recent studies have introduced stable Ba isotopes (δ 138/134 Ba) as a novel tracer for
ocean processes. Ba isotopes could potentially provide insight into the oceanic Ba cycle, the …

Ocean mixing and ice-sheet control of seawater 234U/238U during the last deglaciation

T Chen, LF Robinson, MP Beasley, LM Claxton… - Science, 2016 - science.org
Seawater 234U/238U provides global-scale information about continental weathering and is
vital for marine uranium-series geochronology. Existing evidence supports an increase in …

Persistently well-ventilated intermediate-depth ocean through the last deglaciation

T Chen, LF Robinson, A Burke, L Claxton, MP Hain… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract During the last deglaciation (~ 18–11 thousand years ago), existing radiocarbon
(14C) reconstructions of intermediate waters in the mid-to low-latitude oceans show widely …

[HTML][HTML] Reinterpreting radiocarbon records in bamboo corals–New insights from the tropical North Atlantic

Q Liu, LF Robinson, E Hendy, MG Prokopenko… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2023 - Elsevier
Deep-sea bamboo corals (family Isididae) have been used as archives for reconstructing
changes in the past ocean. However, uncertainties remain regarding the interpretation of …

Extended calibration of cold-water coral Ba/Ca using multiple genera and co-located measurements of dissolved barium concentration

PT Spooner, LF Robinson, F Hemsing, P Morris… - Chemical …, 2018 - Elsevier
Biological productivity and ocean circulation are both important oceanographic variables
that control the distribution of dissolved barium in the ocean interior ([Ba] sw). The ability to …

Investigating the use of 232Th/230Th as a dust proxy using co-located seawater and sediment samples from the low-latitude North Atlantic

GH Rowland, HC Ng, LF Robinson, JF McManus… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2017 - Elsevier
The thorium isotope ratio 232 Th/230 Th can be measured in seawater and sediment
samples, and has been used as a proxy to reconstruct lithogenic fluxes to the oceans for the …